Country Medical Lead Denmark

Job Description

Join Our Company as the Country Medical Director in Denmark

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the Medical Affairs (MA) strategy for Denmark ensuring alignment with global and regional objectives.

• Country Medical Affairs Plans (CMAPs): strategically guide the creation and ensure execution of the CMAPs including tactical deliverables for each therapeutic area.

• Country Leadership Team: Represents Medical Affairs and is the medical voice in the country executive leadership team.

• Managing High-Performing Medical Affairs Team: Build and maintain a highly engaged innovative and collaborative MA organization building trust and fostering professional development within the team.

• Portfolio Management: Oversee our diverse portfolio including our growing pipeline products across Oncology Vaccines and Infective Diseases Specialty Medicine and Pharma balancing global and local priorities while managing resources effectively.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: collaborating with various local and regional functions to advocate for the Medical Affairs teams interests (e.g. Global Clinical Trial Operations Regional and Global Medical and Scientific Affairs local commercial and market access organization etc.)

• External Engagement and collaboration with Key Stakeholders: Serve as the scientific expert and executive leader engaging with key stakeholders including healthcare professionals insurers and policymakers.

Qualifications:

• Education: MD degree.

• Experience: Proven track record in the global biopharmaceutical industry particularly in clinical development and medical affairs.

• Leadership Skills: Strong people-management experience with the ability to influence and lead cross-functional teams and senior leaders while building strong alignment and partnerships within the organization.

• Analytical Acumen: Exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize data into actionable strategies.

• Therapeutic Expertise: Deep knowledge in key therapeutic areas of interest including oncology infectious diseases vaccines cardiometabolic immunology ophthalmology or neurosciences.

• Project management skills with intellectual curiosity and the ability to create a vision as well as execute and lead complex strategic and operational initiatives in matrix structures

• A working knowledge of business processes including strategic planning and budgeting management

• Demonstrated organizational skills including ability to set goals and align priorities

• Knowledge of Danish and the Danish Healthcare environment is preferable but not mandatory

Why Join Us

At our company you will have the opportunity to shape the future of healthcare in Denmark. We are committed to innovation and excellence and we value leaders who are proactive self-driven and capable of delivering results. If you are ready to make a significant impact in the medical field we invite you to apply.

Apply Now to lead our medical affairs efforts and contribute to advancing patient care in Denmark.

Required Skills:

Budget Management Budget Management Building Trust Business Agility Business Decisions Collaborative Leadership Data Analysis Healthcare Education Infectious Disease Research Liaison Work Matrix Management Medical Affairs Medical Information Medical Management Medical Marketing Strategy Medical Review Organizational Leadership People Leadership Professional Integrity Professional Networking Project Leadership Project Management Project Management Leadership Project Management Methodology (PMM) Project Team Management 9 more

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Job Posting End Date:

09/14/2026

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